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Rescuers even tried pumping a pungent banana oil down into the cave, hoping to find another viable entrance above ground.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The frozen treats used banana oil, a synthetic compound that smells less like fruit and more like memory.
—Clarissa Wei, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
The researchers picked up some banana oil from a local supermarket and doused cotton balls in it to see if their presence would have the same effect.
—Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 30 Aug. 2023
To test out the male mice's reaction to isoamyl acetate and bananas, the team used supermarket banana oil.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 7 June 2022
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The frozen treats used banana oil, a synthetic compound that smells less like fruit and more like memory.
—Clarissa Wei, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
The researchers picked up some banana oil from a local supermarket and doused cotton balls in it to see if their presence would have the same effect.
—Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 30 Aug. 2023
To test out the male mice's reaction to isoamyl acetate and bananas, the team used supermarket banana oil.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 7 June 2022
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“Banana oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banana%20oil. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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banana oil
noun
ba·nana oil
bə-ˈnan-ə-ˌȯi(ə)l 
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