noun, masculine/my.ɡɛ/plural: muguets
lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis); thrush (oral yeast infection, oral candidiasis); dandy
Synonyms: candidose, blanchet
From Old French muguete, muguede (as in nois muguete (“nutmeg”)), from Latin muscāta, feminine of muscātus (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian mwšk' (/*mušk/, “musk”), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.